The little bulb shows how far you are from the nearest artifact, red is very far yellow is far and green is close. Now to see which way you go you look at the direction the scope is pointing and head in the direction.

------UPDATE 2------
The things you loot from whatever you find do not take up inventory space, instead they work kinda like emblems but instead of your currency page you keep track of the stuff you looted in what I like you call, your Archaeology journal.

So you click solve and it combines 30 of your pieces into a new item, now because my level was low I obviously didn't get anything amazing. Just vendor trash, but it also leveled my skill by 5! Drop rates currently seem to be 2-4 per find.http://img203.imageshack.us/i/wowscr...010042218.jpg/

Currently you cant just pick one place and grind it, after some time you will run out of things to find and have to move on to another location. A great way to encourage people to explore. But don't worry they respawn and will show you on your map, so you will always know when you can go back to that zone.

Feel free to ask questions, I may not know a lot about it right now. But I will answer them as best as I can.

And because many of you are probably going to ask, yes there are shovel icons in Northrend and Outlands.

Current list of what area gives what that I know of
Night Elf Archaeology Fragment:
Ashenvale, Stonetalons, Feralas, Hyjal, Felwood

----How Rewards Work(My theory atm)----
It seems that what you create is already decided before you actually create it, but what it picks for you is random. To create it you collect the number of fragments it asks for(ranging from the 20s-30s for common ones and those who got lucky and got the pet version said they needed 85 fragments) So you will know when you finally struck gold and can create a rare artifact, which would then make you go the extra mile.

-----UPDATE 3-----
Tablets, what do they do and where can I find them?http://img820.imageshack.us/i/wowscr...010071332.jpg/
The Orc version is called "Orc Blood Text"
The Draenei version is called "Draenei Tome"
Thanks to others for finding these next ones
[Highborne Scroll] Found searching within the Nighelf bowl
[Nerubian Obelisk] Found searching the Nerbian bowl thingy

And finding out how they work for us, we have pinkshirtbadman to thank for that.

Originally Posted by pinkshirtbadman

You can Add "highborn Scroll" to the list which is the nightelf version.
Once you have one in your inventory you will see a small Hexagon on the appropriate page you can drag the scroll /tablet to there and it will say how many fragments it adds.
For example I am at 0/35 for the Coin of Eldre'Thalas, if I add the scroll it says 6 (+6 rune stones) /35
The scroll is removable and is not consumed until I click on "solve"

----How leveling it up works----
At first you gain levels by digging the stuff out, but that isn't the main way to level it(well isn't currently). Imagine that part like disenchanting. After some levels it stops giving them.

The way you level it from what I have seen is by completing an item with the required number of fragments. You can currently dig up anything as a level 1 Archaeologist. But you can't complete the items until you get the appropriate rank for that specific type of fragment. The ranks are when you learn the next step of the profession, like Journeyman etc. You will unlock a new set in your journal with each rank.

And as a reminder the dig you yourself go on is only for you, don't expect to be competing with others to find it first. The pvp part was because it would gather others to the same site at times, and we all know what happens when others see a red name on their screen

Am I the only one reminded of the Chocobo hot'n cold game from Final Fantasy 9?
*peck*"Kweh." --> *peck*"Kweh!?" --> *peck*"KWEH!?" --> *peck*"KWEEEH!!!!" *loot*
And the surveying part reminds me of using Chocographs on the world map. Looks fun!

Am I the only one reminded of the Chocobo hot'n cold game from Final Fantasy 9?
*peck*"Kweh." --> *peck*"Kweh!?" --> *peck*"KWEH!?" --> *peck*"KWEEEH!!!!" *loot*
And the surveying part reminds me of using Chocographs on the world map. Looks fun!

Its pretty entertaining to travel the world and find artifacts, after some time of digging you cant use that site anymore and have to move on, but them dirty gnomes are always coming to MY digs!

Thanks for posting the info. I suppose since your now flying around Uldum relic hunting it's safe to say the archaeology does not have any skill requirements for relics like other professions is that right?

Thanks for posting the info. I suppose since your now flying around Uldum relic hunting it's safe to say the archaeology does not have any skill requirements for relics like other professions is that right?

Currently it does not, but I'm not sure if that is how it is supposed to be. I have no current page for the artifacts I find there so I cannot solve them. I imagine I might be able to as I train for the next levels.

Currently it does not, but I'm not sure if that is how it is supposed to be. I have no current page for the artifacts I find there so I cannot solve them. I imagine I might be able to as I train for the next levels.

If that's the case it might be somewhat skill based after all. Perhaps you can find artifacts anywhere but you can't try to solve them until you have the appropriate level for them? Either way happy hunting and keep us informed.

I really like the look of this, thanks so much for posting this information on it.

I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us.